Sichuan Jiuniu head coach Li Yi led the team in the 2021 FA Cup quarterfinals, encountered the Chinese Super League's special rule of Henan Songshan Longmen. In the end, Sichuan Jiuniu was only eliminated in the penalty shootout, and it has to be said that Li Yi is still very good as a coach. So Li Yi was good at explaining and being an Internet celebrity before, and he made a lot of money, so why did he choose to be a coach with a lot of pressure later?
Speaking of Li Yi, some slightly older fans know his famous words "My ball protection is like Henry" and "it's dawn". It was the phrase "My ball protection is like Henry" that made Li Yi become the so-called Internet celebrity at that time, and was sought after by many fans, and since then, the title of Li Yi the Great has come. For younger fans, Li Yi seems to be a deified player.
Li Yi is still very good as a player, and he also won the golden boot of A A at that time, but it was the 2003 season, and it was also the last season of A A. In 2004, China's top league changed from A A to the current Chinese Super League, and Li Yi also won the first Chinese Super League championship with Shenzhen Jianlibao, where he played. Li Yi is also the hero of the team's championship, and the manager also uses him as the core of the attack to formulate tactics. I thought that Li Yiwei had become a celebrity in the Chinese Super League, but he did not expect that he fell silent after the 2004 Asian Cup.
In the 2004 Asian Cup, the national football team entered the final, but in the final, Li Yi got a good one-knife chance, but he lost it. After the game, Li Yi has also been questioned by fans, resulting in the 2005 league Li Yi is also in no state, and let the team win without many rounds. After that, the news from Li Yi was all negative, and the phrase "dawn" made him regarded as a ball bully.
In the 2009 season, Li Yi was also suspended three times because of his negative attitude, and because the glory of the past could never come back, in 2011 Li Yi announced that he would hang up his boots from then on. After retiring from the army, Li Yi began to be busy with various sports programs, after all, he was a topic figure. Later, small videos arose on the Internet, and Li Yi became an Internet celebrity. Everyone knows that being a commentator and being an Internet celebrity can make a lot of money and make people famous.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi later chose to sink down and actually became a coach. After becoming the head coach of Sichuan Jiuniu, Li Yi, who did not stop, once again caused a storm, and he actually blamed the reason for the team's multi-round winless on the team's yellow jersey. Li Yi's move directly annoyed the fans, and the club also punished him, suspending him for one month from his salary for one week, and also learning about the history of the team and the inheritance of football culture.
Everyone is curious about Li Yiming's explanation, when the Internet celebrity can make a lot of money, why should I go to the muddy waters of the coach? Li Yi gave the answer before the match against The Dragon Gate of Songshan, Henan. Li Yi also admitted that he made more money doing commentary and being an Internet celebrity than being a coach, but he felt that it was not the life he wanted, it felt like he was floating, not at all practical.
After all, Li Yi is a football person, and only engaging in football-related work will make him feel more down-to-earth. From the current point of view, Li Yi is still a good coach, what do you think?